A former Radnor Township Commissioner, Phillip Ahr, has been indicted for child pornography charges by a federal grand jury. Officials say Ahr turned himself in on Thursday morning after a bench warrant was issued for his arrest. Ahr is accused of downloading and sharing child pornographic images across the internet. 66-year-old Ahr resigned from his spot on the Radnor Township board after he was arrested this past October.

A Chester County man has been charged with the murder of his 5-month-old infant daughter after he repeatedly shook the child in frustration on multiple occasions after losing while playing video games. Zion Isaiah Shockley of Coatesville is charged with first degree murder and other offenses. On February 10th, Coatesville police officers responded to the 500 block of E. Harmony Street to the report of an unresponsive baby suffering from cardiac arrest. Five-month-old Rosalie was taken to... Read More

Police in Bensalem have made three arrests in connection with the murder of a Philadelphia man in Bensalem. Jonathan Vega, Charles Alexander and Ann Marie Rodriquez have all been charged with criminal homicide, criminal conspiracy as well as other related offenses in the murder of 26-year-old Tevin Hill. Hill was found with a gunshot wound to the chest on the 900 block of Bristol Pike at around 7pm on Sunday. He was rushed to the hospital where he later died from his injuries. The three... Read More

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner announced on Wednesday that his office will no longer pursue cash bail for low-level offenses. In a statement released on the DA's website Krasner says, "There is absolutely no reason why someone who will show up for court, is not a flight risk, and is no threat to their neighbors and community, needs to sit in jail for days because they can't post a small amount of bail. It's simply... Read More

Upper Darby Police now have in custody a man who threatened to kill his entire church congregation. 59-year-old Sherwood Hargrove of Drexel Hill turned himself in on Wednesday morning. He is charged with making terroristic threats. It happened on Monday at the Beulah Tabernacle church at 3400 State Road in the Drexel Hill section of Upper Darby Township. Hargrove was asked to leave during church services and shouted, "Y'all are going to die, and they told me how to do it," while being... Read More

Police in Upper Darby are searching for a man who allegedly threatened to kill the members of his church. Police say that 59-year-old Sherwood Hargrove is wanted for making the terroristic threats against the congregation. The incident happened at the church located on the 3400 block of State Road in Drexel Hill. During the service, Hargrove was asked to leave and as he was being escorted he shouted "Y'all are going to die, and they told me how to do it." He eventually left the church.... Read More

A Center City man has been arrested after he allegedly kicked a pregnant woman when she did not given him money. 31-year-old Omar Palmer faces a number of charges including aggravated assault on an unborn child. It happened on February 11th outside the Dunkin Donuts at 11th and Arch Streets. The woman told police that Palmer asked her for $2. When she told him she didn't have any money, he attacked her. The woman was taken to Hahnemann University Hospital for observation.Read More

The Philadelphia Zoo has announced that their 37-year-old female polar bear Coldilocks has died. The zoo decided to euthanize the animal due to a serious decline in her health. Colidlocks was the oldest polar bear in the country. She was born on December 13, 1980 at Seneca Park Zoo in Rochester, NY. Coldilocks arrived at Philadelphia Zoo on October 6, 1981. She well surpassed the typical polar bear lifespan of 23 years. You can make a donation to Polar Bear International in her honor at... Read More

Philadelphia Police are now investigating after a man was shot and killed in the Hunting Park section of Philadelphia on Monday. The shooting took place at around 5 p.m. on the 3800 block of North 13th street, near Pike Street. Police arrived on the scene to find the victim with a gunshot wound to the head, lying outside of a local grocery store. Officers quickly grabbed the man and transported him to Temple University Hospital where he later died from his injuries. So far no arrests... Read More

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court released its own congressional redistricting map this afternoon (see map below). Back in January, the Democratic-majority court ruled that the state's 18-district map in use since 2011 was unconstitutionally gerrymandered and partisan in Republican favor and ordered a new map be drawn. Legislative leaders sent a new map to Governor Tom Wolf last Monday, who in turn sent a map of his own to the court on Friday. This map created by the court will be used in... Read More

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